WhydoweneedtoupgradetheMATLABSoftware?---byDrMartaPatriciaTjoa

As the variety of the data gets more complex and the size gets bigger, we realize that we cannot do much with the limited features the older version of MATLAB has. Therefore, upgrading the MATLAB software regularly will benefits users who work on critical applications.

We can take advantage of the features that the community requested. The workflow efficiency is increased hence it builds confident in the solutions and helps to promote consistent development process.

Some of the improved features that are useful such as "tall" arrays for Big Data. This function can manipulate and analyze data that is too big to fit in memory. Working with missing data is getting simpler as there are new functions that can find, fill, and remove missing data from arrays and tables. We can now define local functions in scripts for improved code reuse and readability. "timetable" data container can manage time-stamped tabular data with time-based indexing and synchronization. All the above-mentioned features are available in MATLAB R2016b.